Yered
Robert James Yered was a United States coast guardsman who was awarded the Silver Star Medal for his actions during the Vietnam War.
- Biblical Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Yered
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Robert James Yered was a United States coast guardsman who was awarded the Silver Star Medal for his actions during the Vietnam War.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical Hebrew
The Story of Yered
Yered first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2013, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2013: 6 births, good for #10,726 nationwide. Yered last appeared in the published SSA data in 2013, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Yered
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Yered. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Yered
Phonetically similar names — useful when Yered is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Yerd
- Yrd
- Yurt
- Word
- Wird
- Werd
- Wurd
- Werde
- Wurde
- Yard
- Yer
- Yearned
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About the name Yered
Yered is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2013 and has accumulated 6 births in the dataset. Yered's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #10,726. Use the chart and map above to compare Yered's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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